"Our curriculum supports emergent reading, math, science, social studies and character building skills. Enrichment classes in creative movement, art, music, second language and computer enhance these skills by integrating them into meaningful and real life experiences. Though focused on skills, our curriculum addresses the needs of the total-child and his or her physical, intellectual, social, creative and emotional development." -- Excerpted from school literature
We incorporate activities and use educational materials that are appropriate for the age and developmental stage of each child. Our time-tested, research based educational programs incorporate a variety of engaging and enriching activities that will benefit children throughout their school years.
At Crème de la Crème, we subscribe to critically acclaimed and nationally recognized curriculum for each of our age groups. The curriculum used in each age group supplements the proprietary, theme-based Crème Core Curriculum. Additionally, weekly-themed curriculum is used in the enrichment classrooms.
Rotations
Children’s attention spans are short. They need a constant exchange between passive and active activities. At Crème, children move between theme-based classrooms that help to maintain attention. Brain development research findings indicate that the brain is more receptive to information and pays closer attention to information when things are new and different. When the brain grows accustomed to a particular activity, or space, it has a tendency to tune it out. It blocks learning. According to Dr. Gold Scheible, Director of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA, unfamiliar activities are the brain’s best friend. Researchers believe that children placed in novel and stimulating environments, but not over-stimulating, are more focused and more likely to process the information they are learning. Our theme-based classrooms are designed to encourage learning.
Dr. Kay Albrecht, author and advocate for quality care and education says that children benefit from a wide variety of experiences: child-initiated, teacher-directed, large group, small group, indoor, outdoor, quiet and active. Crème de la Crème’s unique approach to early childhood education offers children all of this, in a highly enriched environment.

Quality of Teaching

Individualized Teaching: From the Director

"At Crème, our team of teachers provides your child with learning development, warmth, safety, healthy food, enchantment and positive guidance throughout the day. It begins with your child’s primary teacher, trained in early childhood development by Creme. We provide teaching manuals, tried and true methodology for our teachers to follow, and yet, there is flexibility for the teachers to innovate and share with the children for greater learning and exploration. The primary teacher, who will be with your child to provide familiarity, continuity and individual attention, moves with the class through a series of learning environments where Crème Enrichment Teachers who are trained in computers, second language, music, creative movement and art, are found. They are supported by a team that includes teacher’s aides, a kitchen manager, housekeepers, support personnel and management who are on the premises to help the Crème team do what they do best – provide a learning foundation for your child’s success."

-- Excerpted from school literature

Day in the Life

General School Mission

"Studies show that the most important years of a child's brain development and learning patterns occur from infancy to age five. Established in 1982, Crème de la Crème is a national network of Early Learning Centers of Excellence dedicated to making the most of your child's early years. Crème is designed to create an appreciation and advanced aptitude for learning to help develop the best of the best in your child and provide a long-term advantage at an early age.
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Excerpted from the preschool's website

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